Gerry Mecca is the former CIO at Tropicana, DATASCAN, Cadbury Schweppes, and Vice President of IT at Keurig Dr Pepper.

He is now the Principal at The EKG Group LLC where he capitalizes on deep business and information technology consulting and advisory experience to achieve operational excellence, effective organizational design, predictable ERP and CRM deployment, affordable strategic sourcing, practical IT strategic planning, and timely project execution.

Connect with Gerry Mecca on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrymecca

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:41 Guest Introduction Gerry Mecca

01:00 How did you got started?

03:51 What did you learn doing sales?

05:10 How do you build relationships with your customers?

08:14 Building trust with clients

10:20 From sales to technology

12:03 Being in the right place at the right time

13:50 How did you get to be a CIO?

16:05 CG Infinity

16:43 3 Pillars of being a CIO

17:40 Did you have low points in your career?

19:04 What was your mindset during that period?

19:38 How do you trust that things will work out?

20:34 Networking

22:04 Networking tips

25:32 What do you think contributed to you getting a CIO role?

27:18 What makes a successful CIO?

29:00 What's next for you?

31:14 What kind of legacy you want to leave behind?

34:06 Tech CXO Excellence Program

35:40 Outro